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| 1. | Minor Meeting
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| 2. | Nica
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| 3. | Sonny's Crib
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| 4. | Blues Mambo
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| 5. | Blues Blue
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| 6. | Junka
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| 7. | My Conception
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| 8. | Sonia
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Jazz
Recorded in NYC, March 23, 1960.
Sonny Clark (p), George Duvivier (b), Max Roach (d)
"This lesser-known Sonny Clark session (his only studio album not made for Blue Note) is sometimes issued under drummer Max Roach's name, too. They are joined by bassist George Duvivier for a set of generally obscure Clark originals, including "Minor Meeting," "Blues Mambo," and "My Conception" (which is taken as an unaccompanied piano solo). Although not obvious while listening to his recording, Sonny Clark's life was on the decline, and this would be his last to date as a leader. [The Japanese release offers four alternate takes of "Nica," "Blues Blue," "Junka," and "Sonia."]
--- Scott Yanow (All Music Guide)
Sonny Clark
Active Decades: '50s and '60s
Born: Jul 21, 1931 in Herminie, PA
Died: Jan 13, 1963 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, West Coast Jazz, Mainstream Jazz
Like Fats Navarro and Charlie Parker before him, Sonny Clark's life was short but it burned with musical intensity. Influenced deeply by Bud Powell, Clark nonetheless developed an intricate and hard-swinging harmonic sensibility that was full of nuance and detail. Regarded as the quintessential hard bop pianist, Clark never got his due before he passed away in 1963 at the age of 31, despite the fact that it can be argued that he never played a bad recording date either as a sideman or as a leader. Known mainly for seven records on the Blue Note label with a host of players including such luminaries as John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Art Taylor, Paul Chambers, Wilbur Ware, Philly Joe Jones, and others, Clark actually made his recording debut with Teddy Charles and Wardell Gray, but left soon after to join Buddy DeFranco. His work with the great clarinetist has been documented in full in a Mosaic set that is now sadly out of print. Clark also backed Dinah Washington, Serge Chaloff, and Sonny Criss before assuming his role as a leader in 1957. Clark's classic is regarded as Cool Struttin' but each date he led on Blue Note qualifies as a classic, including his final date, Sonny's Crib with John Coltrane. And though commercial success always eluded him, he was in demand as a sideman and played dozens of Alfred Lion-produced dates, including Tina Brooks' Minor Move. Luckily, Clark's contribution is well documented by Alfred Lion; he has achieved far more critical, musical, and popular acclaim than he ever did in life.
---Thom Jurek, All Music Guide |
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